Weekend Update: Jack Harlow on His New Album - SNL

0:01 -White rapper Jack Harlow recently made headlines for describing

0:03 the sound of his new album by saying,

0:06 "I got blacker." Here to explain himself is Jack Harlow.

0:10 Cheers and applause]♪♪ -What's poppin'?

0:16 Brand new whip just hopped in.

0:18 Remember that Shay?

0:20 -I mean, kind of.

0:21 How you doing, Jack?

0:23 -Spectacular to meet your acquaintance.

0:25 Dap me up, my brother.

0:26 -Alright.

0:27 -Alright.

0:27 -Hey!

0:28 Oh, no.

0:28 No.

0:29 That's not how you do a dap.

0:30 -Man.

0:31 Chuckles] Can never get that one right.

0:32 -Oh.

0:33 Laughs] -Alright, man.

0:35 Well...

0:35 Laughs] you're here to tell us about your new album.

0:37 So what was the songwriting process?

0:39 -Yeah, basically, man, I was at home for the holidays with my fam,

0:43 asking myself like, "What's my new sound?

0:45 What's my new sound?" It was stressing me out, man.

0:48 Damn near ruined my Kwanzaa.

0:50 -Uh, sure.

0:51 Jack.

0:52 Yeah.

0:53 Laughs] -Yo, so I went to sit outside the liquor store with my OGs.

0:57 -Okay.

0:58 -Like I do every day when the UV isn't too high.

1:02 -Let's just move on.

1:03 I don't know if you've seen.

1:04 But some people have been clowning you online.

1:07 -Alright, alright.

1:08 I've seen it.

1:09 I've seen all the clever little nicknames, you know?

1:11 Mos Def-initely not.

1:14 L.L.

1:15 Cool Whip.

1:18 D Anglo.

1:19 -That's good.

1:20 -That one's good.

1:21 That one is good.

1:22 Yeah.

1:22 -That's really good.

1:23 -That's a good one.

1:24 Jay ZZ Top.

1:25 -I like that.

1:26 -Lil' Wayne's World.

1:30 You gonna like this one.

1:31 Kan-ye it's Friday!

1:34 You know I'm cool with it man.

1:35 'Cause that's what we do, Che.

1:36 We roast each other, man.

1:38 Then we rub our hands together like an otter in the river.

1:41 -We don't do that.

1:43 -That's what we do, man.

1:44 -No, we don't.

1:45 -And I just like to create, bro.

1:47 Hell, I'll freestyle right now off the top of the dome.

1:49 -All right, go ahead.

1:51 -Alright, alright.

1:51 Yeah.

1:52 Mm.

1:54 Alright.

1:55 Yeah.

1:56 Mm.

1:57 Boop, huh, boop-deboop♪ -Alright.

2:01 You don't gotta do this.

2:02 -Good, man.

2:03 Good.

2:03 -You don't have to do this.

2:05 -Good.

2:05 I did not want to, man.

2:06 Chuckles] I did not want the album.

2:07 -Let's get back to the album.

2:08 It's titled "Monica." -Yeah.

2:10 -Which some people are suggesting is just a clever way of saying the N word.

2:14 -I don't hear it like that, man.

2:16 It doesn't hit my ear that way.

2:17 -Come on, man.

2:18 Mo-ni-ca.

2:19 -Whoa!

2:20 Che chuckles] -You said that, not me.

2:23 Hey.

2:23 Hey!

2:24 Hey!

2:24 I just love the name Monica, man, always have.

2:27 Ever since she topped off my favorite president.

2:29 -Oh, Jesus.

2:30 Laughs] -He's not your favorite?

2:34 -So the genre of your new album is listed as Neo Soul.

2:39 What made you want to go in that direction?

2:41 -Because on this new album, I wanted to challenge myself, man.

2:44 I thought, what's blacker than rap?

2:46 R&B?

2:47 And to me, R&B stands for...

2:50 -No.

2:53 -No!

2:54 -Yeah.

2:57 -Wrong again, no.

2:58 -Know what I'm saying?

2:59 Yeah.

3:04 -That sounds about right, my nigga.

3:06 Jack Harlow, everybody.

3:08 -We gotta stick together, Che.

3:10 That's the "Weekend Update." I'm Michael Che.

3:12 I'm Colin Jost.

3:13 Good night.

3:14 -Good night.

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